Here is the list:
Chinese | Adult | Female | Male | Young |
雞 | chicken | hen | cock, rooster | chick |
鴨 | duck | duck | drake | duckling |
鵝 | goose | goose | gander | gosling |
豬 | pig | sow | boar | piglet, piggie, piggy |
牛 | cow | heifer | bull, bullock, steer, ox (1) | calf |
綿羊 | sheep | ewe | ram | lamb |
山羊 | goat | nanny goat | billy goat | kid |
狗 | dog | bitch | - | puppy, doggie |
貓 | cat | queen (2) | tom cat | kitten |
馬 | horse | mare | stallion, gelding (3) | foal/ filly (female)/ colt (male) |
兔 | rabbit | doe | buck | bunny |
鹿 | deer | hind, doe, cow | stag, hart, buck, bull | fawn, calf |
天鵝 | swan | pen (4) | cob (4) | cygnet |
Notes:
- bull (not castrated)
bullock (castrated bull)
steer (castrated before sexual maturity)
ox (castrated, used chiefly as a draft animal) - the term is mostly used by breeders
- stallion (for breeding)
gelding (castrated) - rarely used
Some of the words are also used for different animals:
doe | female | deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals |
cow | female | various large animals, as the elephant or whale |
buck | male | deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, hare, sheep |
calf | young | certain mammals, such as the elephant, seal, and whale |
cub | young | certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger |
chick | young | chicken or other bird |
kit | young | fox, beaver, or other small furbearing animal |
squab | young | unfledged or newly hatched bird |
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